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Javier S. Eskauriatza

Assistant Professor of Criminal Law, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Javier completed his LLB (Law) and LLM (International Law) degrees at the University of Bristol (2008). He obtained his PhD from the University of Birmingham (2018) and he joined the University of Nottingham School of Law as an Assistant Professor of Criminal Law (2022).

He is the Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Research Centre, and the convener of the Criminal Law and Criminal Justice subsection for the Society of Legal Scholars.

Expertise Summary

  • Criminal law (England and Wales)
  • Public international law
  • International criminal law
  • Post-conflict law
  • Legal theory

Teaching Summary

Javier convenes:

  • Criminal law (LLB, compulsory)
  • Critical approaches to criminal justice (LLM).

Research Summary

Javier's researches criminal law and international law.

Criminal law

Javier is working on CLRNN 5 with the Criminal Law Reform Now Network on a scoping paper for the Law Commission on the topic of international cooperation in international criminal matters. His research in this area focuses on the arguments for reform of the English jurisdictional regime for the prosecution of international crimes.

International law

Javier is interested in post-conflict law. His research into post-conflict Spain is supported by the British Academy Small Grant Scheme. His book-length project, Mexican Revolutionary Diplomacy: International Law and Spanish Exile, builds on his PhD thesis on the jus post bellum. This book provides a conceptual history of international law, especially, the international law of armed conflict, international human rights and refugee law, and international criminal law. However, in telling the story, it emphasizes two things: the role of Mexico and its diplomats, and the idea of 'post-conflict law', or the jus post bellum. It draws from primary and secondary documents and literature, including the memoirs of those involved, archival research, and the first-hand testimony from refugees themselves (interview with Mercedes Eskauriatza, who still lives in Mexico City).

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